Jack

Usage: English, Scottish Extra: Statistics

From the first name Jack.

Jackson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jack". A famous bearer of this name was US president Andrew Jackson. Another famous bearer is the singer Michael Jackson.

Jacobs

Usage: Dutch, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jacob.

Jacobse

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Jacobs.

Jacobsen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jacob".

Jacobson

Usage: Dutch, English, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jacob".

Jacques

Usage: French

From the French personal name Jacques.

Jaeger

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jäger.

Jäger

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German jeger(e) meaning "hunter".

Jager

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jäger.

Jagoda

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "berry" in Polish.

Jahoda

Usage: Czech, Slovak Extra: Statistics

Czech cognate of Jagoda.

Jain

Usage: Indian Extra: Statistics

Referred to a person who followed the principles of Jainism, a religion practiced in India. Jains are the followers of Lord Mahavira (599 - 527 BC), who preached the principles of Ahimsao (non-violence).

Jakab

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Jakab.

Jakeman (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

English form of the French name Jacqučme, see James.

Jakeman (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "servant of Jack".

Jakobsen

Usage: Danish, Norwegian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jakob".

Jakolin

Usage: Slovene

From the Latin Jacobus, see James.

James

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name James.

Jamison

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of James".

Janda

Usage: Polish, Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jan.

Jandaček

Usage: Czech

A diminutive of Janda.

Janiček

Usage: Czech

Derived from the given name Jan.

Jankovic

Usage: Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian

Means "son of Janko", a pet form of Janez.

Jankovics

Usage: Hungarian

Hungarian variant of Jankovic.

Janowski

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

A habitational name for a person from a town named Janowo, Janow or Janowice.

Jans

Usage: Dutch, German, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jan.

Jansen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jan".

Jansens

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Jansen.

Jansing

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jansen.

Jansingh

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Jansen.

Jansink

Usage: Dutch

Variant of Jansen.

Janson

Usage: English, German Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jan".

Janssen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jansen.

Janssens

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jansen.

Jansson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Jan.

Janvier

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

Means "(baptised in) January" from the French Janvier.

Janz

Usage: Dutch, German

From the personal name Jan.

Janzen

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jansen.

Jardine

Usage: Scottish, English Extra: Statistics

Means "garden", denoting someone who worked as a gardender.

Jarvi

Usage: Finnish Extra: Statistics

Means "(dweller by the) lake" from the Finnish järvi.

Järvinen

Usage: Finnish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Finnish järvi meaning "lake". One of the most common surnames in Finland.

Jarvis

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Gervaise.

Jaskolski

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "a person from Jaskolski". The name of the town Jaskolski itself is derived from Polish jaskolka "a swallow".

Jaskulski

Usage: Polish

A variant of Jaskolski.

Jaso

Usage: Basque

Derived from Basque jats "sorghum". Sorghum is a type of cereal grass.

Jasso

Usage: Basque, Spanish

A variant of Jaso.

Jeanes (1)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

The first record of this name comes from records of William the Conqueror's land grants to his supporters during the Conquest of England. The name at that time was De Genez, which indicated a person who came from Genez in Normandy. Over the years the De was dropped and the name was corrupted in Britain to Jeanes. Recently it has been suggested that De Genez did not refer to a placename in Normandy, as might be expected, but instead to Genoa, Italy, making the etymology of this surname the same as the etymology of the jeans in blue jeans (jeans = Genoa, the fabric having originated in Genoa).

Jeanes (2)

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jan, a medieval form of John.

Jedlicka

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Derived from Czech jedle meaning "fir tree". Perhaps given to a person who lived near a fir tree.

Jedlička

Usage: Czech

Derived from Czech jedle meaning "fir tree". Perhaps given to a person who lived near a fir tree.

Jedynak

Usage: Polish

Means "only child" from the Polish jedynak.

Jeffers

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A patronymic of the given name Jeffrey. Some famous Jeffers are Robinson Jeffers and Susan Jeffers.

Jefferson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jeffrey".

Jeffery

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Jeffrey.

Jeffries

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jeffrey.

Jehlička

Usage: Czech

Means "a needle" in Czech. The name was most likely borne by taylors in reference to their occupation.

Jelen

Usage: Polish, Czech, Slovak Extra: Statistics

Means "stag" in the Slavic languages.

Jelinek

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Diminutive of Jelen.

Jenkins

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

A double diminutive surname, meaning "little Jen". Jen itself is a diminutive of John.

Jensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jens". This is the most used surname in Denmark.

Jensson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Jens".

Jephson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jep".

Jepson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jephson.

Jernigan

Usage: Welsh, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Old Breton name Iarnuuocon meaning "iron famous".

Jerome

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jerome. A famous bearer of this surname was the American-born Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Churchill.

Jespersen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jesper".

Jez

Usage: Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "hedgehog" in Polish. It may have originally referred to a person who lived near a sign bearing a hedgehog, or it may have been given to a person who resembled a hedgehog in some way.

Jež

Usage: Slovene, Czech

A cognate of Jez.

Ježek

Usage: Czech Extra: Statistics

Means "a small hedgehog" in Czech. It may have originally referred to a person who lived near a sign bearing a hedgehog, or it may have been given to a person who resembled a hedgehog in some way.

Jiang

Usage: Chinese Extra: Statistics

From the name of a province in the Zhou Dynasty.

Jimenez (1)

Usage: Spanish

Means "son of Jimeno", Jimeno being the male form of Jimena.

Jinks

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jenk", Jenk meaning "little John".

Jó

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Means "good" in Hungarian.

Johansen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Johannes or Johan".

Johansson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Johan".

Johns

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name John.

Johnson

Usage: English, Swedish, Icelandic Extra: Statistics

Means "son of John".

Johnston

Usage: Scottish Extra: Statistics

From the name of a Scottish town, which meant "John's town".

Joiner

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Occupational surname for a carpenter (that is, a person who joined wood together to make furniture).

Jokela

Usage: Finnish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Finnish joki "river".

Jokinen

Usage: Finnish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Finnish joki "river".

Jokumsen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Jokum".

Jollenbeck

Usage: German

In the village of Jollenbeck Germany, there is a river called the Jölle river which gave Jöllenbeck its name.

Jónás

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Derived from Jónás, the Hungarian form of Jonas.

Jonasen

Usage: Danish

Means "son of Jonas".

Jonasson

Usage: Swedish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jonas".

Joncker

Usage: Dutch

Actually an abbreviation of jonckheer "young lord" (see also Jonckheer), this surname has its origin in the Late Middle Ages. In those days, 'joncker' was a nobiliary designation (never an actual nobiliary title) for (young) noblemen that had no nobiliary titles but did hold an important position in society. It is thus rather similar to the nobiliary designation of 'jonckheer', but not quite the same.

Jonckers

Usage: Dutch

Abbreviated form of Jonckersen.

Jonckersen

Usage: Dutch

A medieval surname which no longer exists in this spelling today, it means "son of a joncker". Please see also Joncker.

Jonckheer

Usage: Dutch

Derived from Middle Dutch jonchęre meaning "young lord", it originally was a medieval nobiliary designation (never an actual nobiliary title) for a young nobleman. For some noblemen and their offspring (and for a few servants of a jonckheer), this later developed into a surname.

Jones

Usage: English, Welsh Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jon (John).

Jonker

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

This is a more modern spelling of Joncker.

Jonkers

Usage: Dutch

This is a more modern spelling of Jonckers.

Jönsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Jöns". Jöns is a southern Swedish form of Johannes.

Jonsson

Usage: Swedish

Means "son of Jon". Jon is a short form of Johan.

Joó

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Archaic spelling variant of Jó.

Joossens

Usage: Flemmish

Means "son of Joos" in Flemmish.

Joosten

Usage: Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Joost.

Jordŕ

Usage: Catalan Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Catalan form of the given name Jordan.

Jordan (1)

Usage: English, French, German, Polish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Jordan.

Jordan (2)

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name of the Jordan river in Israel, which is derived from yarad meaning "descend" or "flow down".

Jřrgensen

Usage: Danish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jřrgen".

Josephs

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Joseph.

Josephson

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Joseph".

Joshi

Usage: Indian Extra: Statistics

Means "priest" or "astrologist" or "fortune teller". Joshis used to be well-known powerful astrologists and fortune tellers throughout India.

Joubert

Usage: French Extra: Statistics

From a given derived from the Germanic elements gaut (see Jocelyn) and beraht "bright".

Jovanovic

Usage: Serbian Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Jovan" in Serbian.

Joyner

Usage: English Extra: Statistics

Variant of Joiner.

Juárez

Usage: Spanish

A variant of Suárez.

Juhász

Usage: Hungarian Extra: Statistics

An occupational surname meaning "shepherd" in Hungarian.

Jund

Usage: German

Derived from the feminine given name Jutta.

Jung

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German junc meaning "young".

Junge

Usage: German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Jung.

Juric

Usage: Croatian

Means "son of Jure".

Juriša

Usage: Croatian

Derived from a diminutive form of Jure.

Jusic

Usage: Bosnian

Perhaps means "son of Josip".